An educational psychology course incorporating elements of motivation training was taught to preservice teachers and their performance compared to a control group taking the same course without the motivation training. Results indicated that trained students achieved higher academic performance, had more responsible causal perceptions, and showed…

The National Longitudinal Survey of the high school class of 1972 was used to assess academic ability of elementary and secondary school teachers. Results are discussed. (Author/DF)

A study investigated why students who entered the college of education at Ohio University voluntarily withdrew from teacher education later to pursue a different major. The effects of teacher education curriculum and other factors in their decision to leave were explored. (PP)

A survey of 381 female college students with interests or majors in elementary- or secondary-level teaching found that college experience did not change or broaden their career goals. Further, the percentage who expected career goals to become secondary to familial goals increased the farther ahead they predicted their futures. (RW)

Supports the hypothesis that psychologically androgynous individuals might be more likely to base teaching level choice upon individual preference without regard for its stereotype. Data collected from preservice teachers showed that, while feminine females were more apt to choose elementary teaching, masculine males were more apt to choose…

Study of 488 students in teacher preparation programs at 8 Canadian universities indicated: (1) unrealistic beliefs about youth are fairly widespread among prospective Canadian teachers; (2) some such beliefs are related to mass media stereotypes of youth; (3) respondents place confidence in mass media as sources of reliable information.…

Describes a public school alternative education model, Walkabout, introduced and adapted for use with education majors in an undergraduate course at Eastern Michigan University. Learners invested considerable energy into academic activities when they felt involved and saw personal dividends. A challenge proposal is included. (Author)

A sample of 48 American Olympic contenders was compared with a sample of 63 undergraduate education majors with respect to scores on Cattell's Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire and on three other scales. The athletes appeared to be more dominant, suspicious, self-sufficient, tense, and less sensitive. (CTM)

This article details the results of a survey of college administrators on the future of teacher education and related issues. Specific queries were made about future enrollment trends, future teacher education faculty, and projected changes in teacher education curriculum. (CJ)

The author, a professor of education, is not surprised at the public outcry over incompetent teachers. He cites examples from his own experience of education students who cannot write, who prefer not to think or deal with theory, and who treat grades as a numbers game. (SJL)

The predictive validity of the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) and the Miller Analogies Test (MAT) in a doctoral program in education was investigated. Results supported the use of the GRE but not the MAT. (Author/JKS)

Analysis of episodes from a mathematics course for prospective elementary teachers run as a whole-class constructivist teaching experiment provides a detailed look at how classroom norms for mathematical justification were established given the prospective teachers' traditional expectations of school mathematics and the teacher's reform-oriented…

Investigated extent to which information within context of regular coursework affects acceptability ratings by prospective teachers of four behavioral interventions (differential reinforcement of incompatible behaviors, home-based reinforcement, ignoring, time-out). Prelecture acceptability ratings showed no differences between experimental…

A 20-week seminar for preservice teachers sought to help each student develop his individual educative and inquiry process of professional development. Students reacted positively to the seminar's focus on students' initiation of their own learning. (CB)

Results are reported from a study of 204 elementary and secondary health education majors who were surveyed to determine if differences exist on the relative importance of selected health content areas, including first aid and safety, nutrition, emotional health, dental health, disease, alcohol/tobacco/drugs, sex education, and body systems. (IAH)